Colour

#E26AFD

#E26AFD
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium orchid

#E26AFD is a violet with RGB values 226, 106, 253 and HSL 289°, 97%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

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HEX#E26AFD

RGBrgb(226, 106, 253)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.4157, 0.9922

RGB percentages88.6%, 41.6%, 99.2%

HSLhsl(289, 97.4%, 70.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(289, 58.1%, 99.2%)

CMYK10.7%, 58.1%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,838,525

CSS custom property--colour: #E26AFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33569WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness170.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.71:1

Contrast with white2.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E

Inverted#1D9502

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4994FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 56.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#75A1F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 57.9 from the original

Tritanopia#E381AAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.72:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 14.8 Violet · ΔE 20.3 Orchid · ΔE 22.3 Dark orchid · ΔE 22.5 Blue violet · ΔE 31.3 Medium slateblue · ΔE 31.5

Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 14.84, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#85FD6A

Analogous#986AFD, #FD6ACF

Triadic#FDE26A, #6AFDE2

Split complementary#CFFD6A, #6AFD98

Tetradic#FD986A, #85FD6A, #6ACFFD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F6CFFE

Lighter +10%#EC9CFE

Darker −10%#D838FC

Darker −20%#CE05FC

Darker −30%#A603CB

Darker −40%#7D0299

More saturated +25%#E368FF

Less saturated −25%#D67DEA

Channel breakdown

R226

G106

B253

Red226 (88.6%)

Green106 (41.6%)

Blue253 (99.2%)

Hue288.98°

Saturation (HSL)97.35%

Lightness70.39%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E2 · G 6A · B FD

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